Memory for phonetic and abstract visual material and success in learning to read English and Japanese by second language learners

Psychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Flaherty, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abstract design; English; Japanese; Phonetic memory; Reading success; Second language learners; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032361501     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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